Thu Aug 30 23:35:53 UTC 2012
Well, we fixed a lot of bugs and took some upgrades that we pretty much
needed to take since they were important bug and/or security fixes, so
it looks like we'll need to have a 14.0 release candidate 4 and another
(last?) round of testing. Hopefully the fourth time is the charm!
a/cpio-2.11-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Fix CRC evaluation.
Thanks to appzer0 and Nekrodes.
a/dbus-1.4.20-x86_64-3.txz: Rebuilt.
Patched to set HOME properly to avoid a /.config directory. The fix is
a little ugly, but seems harmless enough (and is less ugly than /.config).
a/glibc-solibs-2.15-x86_64-6.txz: Rebuilt.
a/glibc-zoneinfo-2012e_2012e-noarch-6.txz: Rebuilt.
a/pkgtools-14.0-noarch-2.tgz: Rebuilt.
In setup.services, don't say that D-Bus is needed by HAL.
a/slocate-3.1-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt.
Patched to use lstat64 and -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE. Thanks to Mancha+.
Patched to fix information leak of filenames in protected directories.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0227
(* Security fix *)
a/usb_modeswitch-1.2.4-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Compressed man page.
ap/mysql-5.5.27-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Thanks to Ken Zalewski.
ap/powertop-2.1-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Compressed man page.
ap/slackpkg-2.82.0-noarch-8.tgz: Rebuilt.
Merged updated mirrors lists. Thanks to Jordan Clarke.
ap/vim-7.3.645-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Upgraded to the latest patchlevel.
d/git-1.7.12-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
l/glibc-2.15-x86_64-6.txz: Rebuilt.
Patched multiple integer overflows in the strtod, strtof, strtold, and
strtod_l functions in stdlib in the GNU C Library allow local users to
cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute
arbitrary code via a long string, which triggers a stack-based buffer
overflow.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3480
(* Security fix *)
l/glibc-i18n-2.15-x86_64-6.txz: Rebuilt.
l/glibc-profile-2.15-x86_64-6.txz: Rebuilt.
l/keybinder-0.3.0-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Disabled the python module which isn't currently used by anything and
causes a crash when trying to get a module list from help('modules').
l/qt-4.8.2-x86_64-4.txz: Rebuilt.
Reverted JIT patch that was causing kwin crashes.
l/seamonkey-solibs-2.12-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
n/gpa-0.9.3-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
Fixes a crash. Thanks to ponce on LQ.
n/openssh-6.1p1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xap/fvwm-2.6.5-x86_64-6.txz: Rebuilt.
Added back the icons from ancient-icons.tar.gz, which are still used in
the system.fvwm2rc-sample-95 example. Thanks to Jens Rottmann.
xap/gimp-2.8.2-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xap/mozilla-firefox-15.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html
(* Security fix *)
xap/mozilla-thunderbird-15.0-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird.html
(* Security fix *)
xap/seamonkey-2.12-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/seamonkey.html
(* Security fix *)
xap/vim-gvim-7.3.645-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
xfce/xfce4-notifyd-0.2.2-x86_64-2.txz: Rebuilt.
Compressed man page.
extra/xf86-video-fbdev/xf86-video-fbdev-0.4.3-x86_64-1.txz: Added.
This might be needed in cases where X doesn't provide a driver for a
video device, but the kernel supports a framebuffer for it. It can't
be in the main tree, though, because it breaks starting X without an
xorg.conf. Thanks to Jens Rottmann.
testing/packages/rp-pppoe-3.11-x86_64-1.txz: Added.

sanjioh

08-31-2012 03:51 PM

Mhh there's no mention of emacs 24.2 in the changelog, but the package looks updated under the /e section of the tree (slackware64 only).

sorinm

08-31-2012 04:00 PM

You are right. Curious ..

volkerdi

08-31-2012 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sanjioh
(Post 4769437)

Mhh there's no mention of emacs 24.2 in the changelog, but the package looks updated under the /e section of the tree (slackware64 only).

Oops, looks like I dropped that in the ChangeLogs and on the 32-bit side. Quick update coming soon. Thanks!

sorinm

08-31-2012 04:15 PM

Looks like Slackware 14.0 will be the most bleeding edge slackware release :)

That nroff error is ancient--I remember seeing that sometimes back in the waaaaay early daze... I don't even remember how to fix it anymore!

Also, I'm curious: is RC4 a new record for RC's, or have we been to RC5+ before? In any case, it looks like this release has been a rather bumpy ride: good thing we have Pat and the gang to work the kinks out!